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Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: These amendments seek to add two persons whom the authority may enter into an information-sharing agreement with in the performance of its functions. In amendment No. 9, we are seeking the inclusion of the HSE. As we highlighted on Committee Stage, we believe that there should be a capacity for the authority to share information with the HSE. By framing gambling harm through a public...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 10: In page 41, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: “(g) the Central Bank,”.

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 11: In page 45, after line 34, to insert the following: “(4) The Authority may cause licensees who compile, or seek to compile through third party service providers, data profiles the purposes of inviting or retaining participants and prospective participants, to erase all tracked data in relation to a participant if so requested.”

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: On amendments Nos. 11 and 12, section 45 sets out the way in which the new exclusion register will work. Amendments Nos. 11 and 12 relate to improving data protection and upholding a person's right to privacy under this Bill. Amendment No.11 proposes to bestow a new power on the authority that would mean it would request gambling companies to delete the personal data of their customers that...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 12: In page 47, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following: “(b) collect, collate or process personal data in respect of the person,”.

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 15: In page 83, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following: “(c) a statement setting out the measures taken by the licensee to ensure compliance with data protection law, in addition to the steps taken to mitigate the potential for algorithmic harm to participants,”.

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: This is a simple amendment by means of which we are seeking to impose new obligations on gambling licensees in terms of information and documentation to be provided when applying for a licence. We have talked at length about data privacy, both today and on Committee Stage, and how gambling companies use data to target and encourage customers to spend more money and time on their apps and...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: It is essentially a similar answer to the one given last week. I do not believe that gaming consoles are completely covered by the word "Internet". As it currently stands, people can access and be exposed to such things as advertisements while they are offline. I do not know whether anyone has tried to play a game while up in the air in an aeroplane. They would still see advertisements...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I was discussing amendment No. 338 in that grouping, as it relates to the Schedule. It would lower the maximum relevant payments for games with a duration of less than 20 seconds. This is a more targeted approach than is offered in the Bill and seeks to distinguish high-speed gambling games and the particular risks they pose. It would also set a lower maximum relevant payment for those...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 127: In page 65, after line 35, to insert the following: “(5) The Authority shall conduct a periodic review of maximum relevant payments specified in column (2) of Schedule 2 every 3 years, having regard to any expert research available to the Authority in relation to factors that may increase or decrease excessive and compulsive gambling and the means to...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: The Minister of State has indicated the intention of the amendments but it is still important to speak to them. I will speak to amendments Nos. 151 and 152. This section of the Bill deals with the information which must be provided when making an application for a gambling licence. Amendment No. 151 inserts a new provision which would stipulate that a prospective licensee would be...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 151: In page 74, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following: “(e) information regarding the measures to be taken by the proposed licensee to safeguard their participants and to reduce, to the greatest extent possible, the risks and potential harms posed to persons by gambling;”.

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 152: In page 74, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following: “(a) information regarding any personal data to be gathered, stored and processed by the licensee or any third party service provider on behalf of the licensee, and how it is intended to be used;”.

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: According to the press release relating to Health Research Board's study on gambling prevalence: There is a marked correlation between problem gambling and substance use (drug use, alcohol use disorder and/or smoking), with 13% of those with an alcohol use disorder classified as an at risk or problem gambler compared with 2% of low-risk drinkers. The release also states: A 2024 report...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 172: In page 78, line 28, after "schools" to insert the following: ", playgrounds, community and health centres, creches and early-learning centres, colleges and universities, and licensed premises".

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: Section 97 sets out the specific information and documentation to be provided by remote licensees when applying to the regulator. Remote licensees, by their nature, invoke certain technologies - hardware and software - to provide gambling activities and it is important the regulator is made aware of the full extent and nature of the technology to be used before granting the licence. While...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 178: In page 79, to delete lines 1 to 3 and substitute the following: “(a) information relating to the location and type of information and communications technology hardware and software used, or to be used, to provide the gambling activity sought to be licensed, or to invite, induce or maintain participation in the activity concerned,”.

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 179: In page 79, between lines 3 and 4, to insert the following: “(b) information regarding any new and emerging technologies used, or to be used, to provide the gambling activity sought to be licensed, or to invite, induce or maintain participation in the activity concerned, to include, inter alia, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and recommender...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 181: In page 79, between lines 7 and 8, to insert the following: “(c) a data protection impact assessment,”.

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 182: In page 79, between lines 7 and 8, to insert the following: “(c) an algorithmic safety report, to include a statement detailing the measures proposed to be taken to mitigate algorithmic harm to participants,”.